Cartoon Movement
By: Diana Scharffenberger
The Influencing Machine is more than a non-fiction comic
book; it’s a book that guides readers through the history and theory of the
media.
Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhcooper/5768135427/
Can illustration be objective? Brooke Gladstone throws
objectivity out the window and shares her thoughts through Josh Neufeld’s
illustrations.
Gladstone expresses numerous times in the book that being
objective is impossible. She believes that everyone’s views are personally
swayed that it is simply infeasible.
Photo Credit: http://www.metaphonica.com/tag/objectivity/
Overall, this book is up beat and entertaining. However,
Gladstone does leave us with a few worries. She discusses the
“photoshopification” of society and the ease of faking photographs.
“The
big threat of photoshopification is not that we will believe documents and
photos that are fake,” says comic-Gladstone, standing on a literal soapbox.
“It's that we'll find it easier to disbelieve documents and photos that are
real. When it's convenient.”
The Influencing Machine, described as a psychological
phenomenon, is worth your time and money. It’s and easy, quick and media filled
novel. It’s a cartoon movement.
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